No, but I see a WildCat chine . . .

And those boards look exactly like the Marstrom ones.

One interesting detail is the airfoil shaped snuffer.

Apart from that, I see an incomplete and rather conventional design, with curved asymmetrical foils replacing normal boards.

No rudder foil or other means to control boat attitude. Also, no indication of an angle of attack control for the foils.

I guess M&M still don't believe in (or don't understand) the S foil, which makes more sense for a cat than the C foils seen on this boat.

S foils are to complicate to controle on a beach cat

bunkenberg did these

It looks to me this is flat snuffer hoop design as used on other boats: it leads to a flat bag in mesh. I don't think this is going to be a carbon airfoil shape. Nacra has been using those for years.

For example, on a capricorn:

Come on guys Nacra is pushing ahead with with what they see as the next step ahead in catamaran developement. Even if you feel that it not a boat that is for you, you have to give then some support for this move at a time when cat sailing has just been dealt a fair old kick in the teeth. Small town - small mind or what!
I love the look of this bit of kit and it should appeal to sailors that look foward to something a bit scarry and challenging. the rest you of still have the option of sticking with ........... enough said.
For you info, it used to be called iF20 not F20.

the zilla floats recently got replaced

i think you'll find that the plumb bow 1st gen zilla floats are very simialar

Santa, for Christmas I want my two front teeth and a new NACRA F-20 Carbon. If this does not fit in you sleigh, I'll come pick it up.

Are these being made in the US or Europe?

Seriously Nacra Europe guys... "Sports and Fun Catamarans" does not make sense in English. Stop wasting the money on the decals that everyone that speaks English removes.

Ok, but... Not all that impressed.

"Carbon" and it still weighs in at 375!?!?!
Only 21m^2 on a 33' Al mast.

Where's the "wow" factor? Beam and daggers, that's it.

Really, not trying to be a downer, but... for what the N20 costs these days, what's this one going to run? 40ish? If you want to be first to finish on a 20' boat, looks like the M20, T or CFR will still be king, but I do suspect that this will be hot on their heels. Don't get me wrong, it's cool, but...

(edited b/c I didn't see the carbon hulls and I upped the price by 10k b/c of that)

Now... nobody else has mentioned this, could it be their bid for an Olympic replacement cat?

it says "less than" 375 pounds which leads me to believe the first one that pops out of the mold will be weighted and thats what the weight will be.

Will, as for the mast/SA ratio, I can only imagine that its a high aspect rig.
mast height/mainsail area ratio for F20: 0.48571428571428571428571428571429

For F18: 0.53823529411764705882352941176471

I don't know if the F20 number includes the surface area of the wingmast itself, I know it does for the F18. So what yo u might infer from this spec is that the new F20 is not the light-air monster the N20 is, but it could probably handle the more predominant reaching conditions found in distance races better than our beloved N20's can.


As for S-foils, I'd like to see some of the A cat guys fiddle around with them first before someone put them on a production beach cat.


Cost I've heard two ways, $30k with no sails, and then not even $30k WITH sails. So I guess we're just going to have to wait on an official number from a Nacra dealer. I'll call mine later this afternoon

Jack said awhile back the target price was less than a M-20.

40k is still 10k less than an M20 and the M20 doesn't have sails at that price. (price based on last time I checked Marstroms website and at that time the dollar was stronger than it is now)

Price is 19,747 euro. + tax

the prototype with inter20 hulls was already faster than the M20!

So, is the consensus that you CAN build a 20' too light?

sheez, just too much cash for a 20' cat. Who can afford to sail them? There will never be enough boats in a region to support the class. I don;t get the marketing plan.....

If a multi is selected for 2016, it would likely have to go through a selection like the T did when it was first selected and then selected again when the with the "sport" rig in 1999. It's possible that this was built for that purpose, but I think it was to win Round Texel or other races like that.

I don't think so. The CFR is 245lbs at 8.5' wide and 24m^2 on a M20 mast. It needs more weight to make it go, so you can't sail it light, but with 375+ on board it FLIES! Light in the platform and rig means we can (and have to) carry the weight where it matters but it pays off.